paronomasia

英 [,pærənə'meɪzɪə] 美[,pærəno'meʒə]

复数: paronomasias;

paronomasia (n.): "pun," 1570s, from Latin, from Greek paronomasia "play upon words which sound similarly," from paronomazein "to alter slightly, to call with slight change of name," literally "to name beside," from par- (see para- (1)) + onomasia "naming," from onoma "name" (see name (n.)).